[pryme tyme]

I usually just DL ppv events, but recently I bought a few WWE DVD's from 1998-2000.. Only to realized the WWE had edited the shit out of them. I'm pretty pissed, the whole damn screen is covered in blurs, the turnbuckles, the ring apron, the microphones, the announce tables, any WWF sign in the venue is giant blur, and they can't even SAY WWF! This is bullshit, I understand that they had to change the name and all that, but how in the hell can they not be able to show the old WWF symbol. Did that one wildlife organization copyright the use of "W" merged with an "F", how can they not be allowed to show that!? It has no affect on the relationship between the WWE and the Wildlife Federation, it butchers up the DVD for fans, and serves no purpose for that shitty WildLife federation.

Are people gonna be watching an old WWF PPV and think, "I thought that WWF symbol stood for Wildlife Federation, this is slanderous!", Why couldn't the WWE just change the name and symbol from that point on out, why do they have to remove it from events that have ALREADY happened! There is no way that simply showing that symbol on a DVD would adversely affect the WildLife Federation. So now all the PPV DVD's I want are butchered up beyond the point I find acceptable. Thanks WWE for tolerating getting legally bullied over something that would have no affect on the affiliation of the WWE and Wildlife federation. And The biggest thanks goes to the Wildlife Federation for being a bunch of Ignorant tight asses that pointlessly ruined every WWE Wrestling DVD that came before 2002 (all the good ones).

 

[Ryu Hayabusa]

quite simply they chose to eliminate anything that said wwf or looked like wwf just to be on the safe side of things damn those pandas!

 

[Neeg]

I dont understand your point..

They legally cannot use the name.... world wildlife fund were given the name retroactivley it wasnt like one day they turned up and decided to contest the name it was a long long debate and battle...

 

[dxbender]

^This is the thing though. Why can't they refer to something that already happened as WWF and refer to everything after as WWE?

 

[Kizzo]

^This is the thing though. Why can't they refer to something that already happened as WWF and refer to everything after as WWE?

I can't remember all the details... but WWF (Panda) allowed Titan Sports (WWE) to use their initials, but they broke an agreement and it went downhill from there for Titan Sports. It was something about the scratch logo and international markets. That's why the original WWF logo is visible but the scratch logo isn't shown on old videos.

In a nutshell Titan Sports got arrogant and WWF showed them who was boss

 

[Nas]

It's not all that bad, I'm sure the blurs are not that huge of a distraction. I've been able to watch a few PPV's from that era, and the blurs are not that distracting in all honesty.

 

[pryme tyme]

^This is the thing though. Why can't they refer to something that already happened as WWF and refer to everything after as WWE?

This is my point, it was legal for them to use the symbol when the PPV was made, so how can they go back after the fact and change all of that. The WWE should've only been forced to change the symbol and name from the point of the ruling on out. It doesn't seem right that they are forced to edit it out from an event that was filmed when the use of it was still legal. Thats like passing a law that you can't show people smoking cigarettes on TV, and then going back and editing every TV show DVD with people smoking cigarettes.

 

[Kizzo]

This is my point, it was legal for them to use the symbol when the PPV was made, so how can they go back after the fact and change all of that. The WWE should've only been forced to change the symbol and name from the point of the ruling on out. It doesn't seem right that they are forced to edit it out from an event that was filmed when the use of it was still legal. Thats like passing a law that you can't show people smoking cigarettes on TV, and then going back and editing every TV show DVD with people smoking cigarettes.

There's more to the story... but all the blame falls on WWE not the Pandas. They OWNED those initials and had copyrights to them. WWE failed to comply and fucked themselves... they decided to roll the dice and came out empty. Now they have to edit old footage.